Special Troops Battalion
82d Airborne Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2007
Special Troops Battalion
82d Airborne Division Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, Special Troops, 82d Division
Organized in January 1922 at Columbia, South Carolina
Disbanded 30 January 1942
Reconstituted 22 February 1945 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, Special Troops, 82d Airborne Division
Activated 1 March 1945 in France
Consolidated 15 December 1947 with the 82d Replacement Company (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 82d
Replacement Company, an element of the 82d Airborne Division
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 21 June 1975 as the 82d Adjutant General Company
Inactivated 30 September 1987 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 16 June 2006 as Special Troops Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
ANNEX
Constituted 16 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 22d Replacement Battalion
Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
Redesignated 17 November 1943 as the 290th Replacement Company
Inactivated 20 April 1946 in Italy
Redesignated 11 December 1947 as the 82d Replacement Company and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division
Special Troops Battalion
82d Airborne Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Rhineland; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER